Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-07-29

Burns-Taste in House Furnishing.
Things Worth ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
"The lady who was leftl'
l said this inquiringly and doubtfully.
"Oh, mol" replied my friend, 81 said the
lady on his left. She is his wife"
1t was at the theatre. We had been dis
cussing famous man of genius who occu-
pied q conspicuous seat, and l had asked
about his wife. When the lady was pointed
out to me l suddenly lost all interest in the
husband.
"Ha! hal" laughed my companion. "Your
mistake was good one"
"What mistaken"
"Why, your Characterization of Mrs. -
as the lady who was left. l don't think she
would like it much"
had said nothing and glanced again at
the sweet faced woman who looked SO lonely
in the midst Of that light hearted crowd
The husband was not lonely. He had every
thing he wanted except mirror. Not having
one, he posed with due regard for specta-
cular effect, and was happy. The expression
on his face seemed to say: 81 know it is try
ing to the complexion, this fierce white light
that beats upon the throne, but I've got TO
stand it. 1t is one of the penalties of great
ness" He never looked at the woman with
did not see that like some fair and fragile
flower she seemed to wilt under the fierce
white light. Perhaps he did not care
EYES," l said to myself, ''she is the lady
who was left"
The play went on, and whenever there was
q telling hit the spectators looked at the
strangely brilliant man who was among them
but not of them. Watching the lights and
the shadows of that mobile, magnetic faco
they applauded or reapsed into stolid indif-
ference, running the entire gamut Of express
sion. But nobody looked at the quiet lady
who shuddercd under every shock or sound,
and seemed to shrink from every fresh inn
pulse of glare.
After that night at the theatre 1 saw my
lady who was left many times and in many
places. 1t would not be said that her husband
condemned her to seclusion. On the contrary
he took her everywhere. If ho was lavish in
the matter OF his own personal adornmcnt,
he urged his vito to deny herself nothing If
it delighted him to pose as tho central figure
in field of cloth of gold, stiff with gorgeous
embroidery, he was determined that his wife
should not lack for Tyrian purple, so to speak,
and diamonds that would have graced q
coronet. Why shouldn't she be q happy
womans Her costumes were extravagantly
compared TO symphonies and poems
But she was not happy. In the midst of
all the excitement accompanying the spec
tacular pageantfy of her husbands life sho
knew that she was left. Why indulge in any
nonsense about her failure to grow with her
husband and keep pace with him intellect
uaGy? 1t would be stupidity, brutally false to
say such thing. She was born to be the
queen of an ideal home and to hold solely SOW
eregu sway over one heart But her husband
had divided his affections between her and
the many headed monster thing called the
public, and their home life had been turned
into glded tumult.
| | still see these two on public occasions. A
shadow is beginning to darlzen tho husbands
face. He feels that life is growing stale and
fat. just why, he cannot tell. He knows
that it is not the fault of his loyal wife, but
there il something wrong somewhere. Per-
hap, there is just the suspicion of q shadow
on the fair face of the lady who was left. 1t
suggests q sorrow in which self plays no part
Tie feeting years carry her in the direction
of a nobler, higher life, and she feels that she
! is travelling the road alone. have ceased to
study these two faces. The lady who was left
| Is getting beyond me. l cannot say rs much
| for her husband. He is still in sight, and
| likely to remain there.-Atlanta Constitution.